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PUBLISHED  FOR  THE  INFORMATION  OF 


Officers  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 


QUARTERMASTER  GENERAL’S  OFFICE, 


1876. 


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WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

QUARTERMASTER  GENERAL’S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  D.  C.,  May  6,  1876. 

j The  following  table  of  Land  Grant  Railroads  in  the  United  States, 
I compiled  trom  the  Statutes  of  the  United  States,  Records  of  the  General 
i Land  Office,  and  other  official  sources,  with  extracts  ’ from  the  Act 
j approved  March  3,  1875,  is  published  for  the  information  of  officers  ot 
^ the  Quartermaster’s  Department. 

M.  C.  MEIGS, 

Quartermaster  General, 

l Bit.  Major  General,  XJ.  S.  Army. 


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LAW  GOVERNING  SETTLEMENTS  WITH  LAND  GRANT 
RAILROADS. 


Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and 
the  same  are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  year  ending 

June  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-six,  as  follows: 

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Provided,  That  no  money  shall  hereafter  be  paid  to  any  railroad  com- 
pany for  the  transportation  of  any  property  or  troops  of  the  United 
States  over  any  railroad  which,  in  whole  or  in  part,  was  constructed  by 
the  aid  of  a grant  of  public  land  on  the  condition  that  such  railroad 
should  be  a public  highway  for  the  use  of  the  Government  of  the  United 
States  free  from  toll  or  other  charge,  or  upon  any  other  conditions  for 
the  use  of  such  road  for  such  transportation;  nor  shall  any  allowance 
be  made  for  the  transportation  of  officers  of  the  Army  over  any  such 
road  when  on  duty  and  under  orders  as  military  officers  of  the  United 
States.  But  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  as  preventing 
any  such  railroad  from  bringing  a suit  in  the  Court  of  Claims  for  the 
charges  for  such  transportation,  and  recovering  for  the  same  if  found 
entitled  thereto,  by  virtue  of  the  laws  in  force  prior  to  the  passage  of  this 
act:  Provided,  That  the  claim  for  such  charges  shall  not  have  been  barred 
by  the  statute  of  limitations  at  the  time  of  bringing  the  suit,  and  either 
party  shall  have  the  right  of  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States:  And  provided  further,  That  the  foregoing  provisions  shall  not 
apply  to  the  current  fiscal  year,  nor  thereafter,  to  roads  where  the  sole 
condition  of  transportation  is  that  the  company  shall  not  charge  the  Gov- 
ernment higher  rates  than  they  do  individuals  for  like  transportation,  and 
when  the  Quartermaster  General  shall  be  satisfied  that  this  condition  has 
been  faithfully  complied  with.  [ Extract  of  the  Act  making  appropria- 
tions for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1876, 
and  for  other  purposes,  approved  March  3,  1875.] 

Note. — The  extract  from  the  act  of  March  3,  1875,  above  quoted,  forbidding  pay- 
ment to  certain  railroads,  applies  only  to  those  roads  named  on  pages  6 to  9,  inclusive. 

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No  payments  can  be  made  -for  transportation  over  the 


Termini  of  Land 


Name  of  Railroad. 


From — 


Alabama  and  Chattanooga 

Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe. 
Atlantic  and  Pacific 


Wauhatchie,  Tenn 

Atchison,  Kans 

St.  Louis,  Mo 


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Atlantic,  Gulf  and  West  India  Transit 
Company’s  Railroad. 

Burlington  and  Missouri  River j 

Chicago  and  North  Western — Iowa  Divi-  S 

sion ( 

Chicago  and  North  Western — Wisconsin 
Division. 

Chicago  and  North  Western — Peninsular 
Division. 

Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  . 

Central  Pacific — Oregon  Division 


Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul — Iowa  I 
and  Minnesota  Division j 

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Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul — Iowa 
and  Dakota  Division. 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul — La 
Crosse  Division. 

Flint  and  Pere  Marquette 

Grand  Rapids  and  Indiana 

Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph 

Hastings  and  Dakota 

Illinois  Central — main  line 

Illinois  Central — Chicago  Branch 

Illinois  Central — Iowa  Division 

Jackson,  Lansing  and  Saginaw 


Jacksonville,  Pensacola*and  Mobile 

Little  Rock  and  Fort  Smith 

Lake  Superior  and  Mississippi < 


Fernandina,  Fla 

Burlington,  Iowa / 

Platsmouth,  Nebr I 

Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa 1 

Branch — Lyons,  Iowa [ 

Fond  du  Lac,  Wis I 

Wisconsin  State  Line 

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Davenport,  Iowa I 

Junction  with  Central  Pa-  j 
cific. 

St.  Paul,  via  Mendota,  Fari- 
bault and  Austin. 

Minneapolis,  via  Mendota,  j 
Faribault  and  Austin. 

Calmar,  Iowa i 

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Portage  City,  Wis i i 

Flint,  Mich j 

Fort  Wayne,  Ind I ! 

Hannibal,  Mo 

Hastings,  Minn i 

Cairo,  111 ! 

Cairo,  111 1 

Dubuque j 

Amboy,  Mich | I 


Jacksonville,  Fla 

Little  Rock,  Ark 

St.  Paul.  Minn ; J 

Branch  from  Great  Bear | 


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1 


Land  Grant  portion  of  the  following  named  Railroads. 


Grant  Portion. 


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Miles. 


Remarks. 


To- 


State  Line,  Miss,  and  Ala 

The  State  Line 

Springfield,  Mo 


270£ 
470.  58 
242 


The  Atlantic  and  Pacific  and  the  Mis- 
souri Pacific  Railroads  use  same 
track  from  St.  Louis  to  Pacific. 


Cedar  Keys,  Fla 


155 


Missouri  River 

Junction  with  Union  Pacific 
R.  R.,  Nebr. 

Missouri  River,  Iowa 

Clinton,  Iowa 

Wisconsin  State  Line 


279 

191 


272 

3 

117 


) See  Railway  Guide,  Iowa  Midland 
> R.  R.,  for  branch  from  Lyons  to 
) Clinton. 


Marquette,  Mich.,  via  Esca-  137 
naba. 

f Missouri  River 310 

Portland,  Oreg 


Lyle,  Minn 

Lyle,  Minn 

Junction  with  St.  Paul  and 
Sioux  City  R.  R. 

Tomah,  Wis 


112 

115 


| See  Railway  Guide,  Iowa  and  Da- 
S kota  Division,  for  distance  rom 
Austin  to  Lyle. 


62 


Lake  Michigan,  Mich  

Petosky,  on  Traverse  Bay, 
Mich. 

St.  Joseph,  Mo 

Western  boundary  of  State.. 


332.8  ' Branch  road  from ’VValton  to  Traverse 
City  is  not  a Land  Grant  road. 


206 


Dunleith,  111 

Chicago,  111 

Sioux  City 

Straits  of  Mackinaw 


Chattahoochie  River 
Fort  Smith,  Ark.. .. 

1 hiluth,  Minn 

Stillwater,  Minn 


456 

•ifjr  Branch  road  commences  at  Centralia. 


Operated  by  Michigan  Central  R.  R. 
Company*.  That  portion  of  the 
Jackson,  Lansing  and  Saginaw  K. 
R.  between  Jackson  and  Lansing  is 
uot  a Land  Grant  railroad. 

209 


155 

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No  payments  can  be  made  for  transportation  over  the 


Termini  of  Land 


Name  of  Railroad. 


From — 


Leavenworth,  Lawrence  and  Galveston... 

Mobile  and  Ohio 

Mobile  and  Montgomery 

Mobile  and  Girard 

Memphis  and  Little  Rock 

Marquette,  Houghton  and  Ontonagon 

Missotmi,  Kansas  and  Texas 


Leavenworth,  Kans 

Mobile,  Ala 

Montgomery,  Ala  . . 

Columbus,  Ala 

Mississippi  River 

Marquette,  Mich  — 
J unction  City,  Kans 


Missouri  Pacific  R.  R 


St.  Louis,  Mo 


Missouri  River,  Fort  Scott  and  Gulf. 

Morgan’s  Louisiana  and  Texas 

North  Louisiana  and  Texas 

Oregon  and  California 

Pensacola  and  Louisville 

South  and  North  Alabama 


Kansas  City,  Mo. 
New  Orleans,  La. 

Delta,  La 

Portland,  Oreg  . . 
Pensacola,  Fla. . . 
Montgomery,  Ala 


Selma,  Rome  and  Dalton 


Selma,  Ala 


St.  Louis,  Iron  Mountain  and  Southern. .. 


St.  Paul  and  Sioux  City,  and  Sioux  City 
and  St.  Paul. 

St.  Paul  and  Pacific — main  line 

St.  Paul  and  Pacific — branch 

St.  Paul  and  Pacific — branch 

Southern  Minnesota 

Vicksburg  and  Meridian 

Winona  and  St.  Peter 


Missouri  River  opposite  I 
Cairo,  via  Poplar  Bluff, 
Mo.,  and  Little  Rock. 
Ark. 

St.  Paul,  Minn 

St,  Paul  

St.  Paul,  via  Crow  Wing  . . i 

St.  Paul,  via  St.  Cloud ! 

Mississippi  River,  opposite 
La  Crosse. 

Jackson,  Miss [ 

Winona,  Minn i 


West  Wisconsin  . 
Wisconsin  Central 


11  miles  south  of  Warrens,  I 
Wis. 

Portage  City,  via  Stevens 
Point. 


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Land  Grant  portion  of  the  following  named  Railroads. 


Grant  Portion. 

To— 

Miles. 

Remarks. 

South  line  of  State 

177.6 

Columbus,  Kv 

472 

Pollard,  Ala 

114 

Troy,  Ala 

84 

Little  Rock.  Ark 

135 

South  boundary  of  Kansas, 

182. 56 

and  to  Fort  Smith  when 
the  Indian  title  is  extin- 
guished. 

Pacific,  Mo 

37 

Operated  by  Atlantic  and  Pacific  R. 

South  line  of  Kansas 

161^ 

R.  Co.,  lessee.  Junction  with  Atlan- 
tic and  Pacific  R.  R.,  Pacific,  Mo. 

Brashear,  La 

80 

Monroe,  La 

72 

Southern  boundary  of  State  . . 

Pollard,  Ala 

44 

Decatur,  Ala 

182 

Operated  in  connection  with  the  Lou- 

11 miles  north  of  Jackson- 

156 

isville,  Nashville  and  Great  South- 
ern Railway. 

ville,  Ala. 

Texas  boundary,  at  Texar- 

395 

kana. 

Sioux  Citv,  Iowa 

270 

Breckenridge,  Minn 

217 

Northern  Pacific  R.  R 

Pembina,  D.  T 

Western  boundary  of  the 

State. 

Meridian,  Miss 

95 

A point  on  the  Big  Sioux 

River. 

Hudson,  Wis 

156 

Bayfield,  thence  to  Lake  Su- 

perior. 

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Full  payments  may  be  made  for  transportation  over  the  following  named 

between  Duluth  and  Thompson 


Name  of  Railroad. 

Termini  of  Land 

From — 

Springfield,  Mo.,  via  Cana- 
dian River,  Albuquerque, 
the  Aqua  Frio  and  the 
Colorado  Rivers. 

Denver,  Col ! 

New  Orleans,  Baton  Rouge  and  Vicksburg . 
Ncvthprn  Pacific,  . 

New  Orleans,  La 

Lake  Superior 

Oregon  Central ...... ...... ............ 

Portland,  Oreg  .... 

Jnpppfi  fjnrl  Denver  City.. 

Elwood,  Kans  ...... 

Southern  Pacific  ot  California  .... 

San  Francisco,  Cal | 

Southern  Pacific  of  California— branch 
line. 

Tevas  Pacific. . 

From  a point  near  Tehach-  1 
apa  Pass,  via  Los  Angeles. 

From  a point  near  Marshall,  j 
Tex.,  via  El  Paso,  to  j 
southern  boundary  of 
California — thence  to  San 
Diego. 

Ogden,  Utah  

TTfab  Pipntrq.l  _ ..  . 

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Railroads,  with  the  exception  oj  that  portion  oj  the  Northern  Pacific  R.  R. 
Station.  ( See  column  of  Remarks.) 


Grant  Portion. 

Miles. 

Remarks. 

To— 

The  Pacific  Ocean 


Cheyenne,  Wyo. 
Texas  State  Line 
Puget’s  Sound . . . 


106 


Astoria  and  McMinnville 

Junction  with  Union  Pacific 

R.  R. 

Some  point  on  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  R.  R.  near  the 
bound’ry  line  of  California. 
Texas  Pacific  R.  R.,  near 
the  Colorado  River. 

San  Diego,  Cal 


No  payment  can  be  made  for  transpor- 
tation performed  by  the  N.  P.  R.  R. 
Co.  between  Duluth  and  Thomp- 
son Station,  (the  junction  of  the 
N.  P.  R.  R.  with  the  L S.  and  Miss. 
R.  R.,)  it  being  subject  to  the  con- 
ditions attached  to  the  grant  to  the 
Lake  Superior  and  Mississippi  R. 
R.  Co. 


Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 


37 


12 


No  settlements  can  be  made,  except  through  the  Treasury  Department,  for 

bonds  have  been  issued 


Name  of  Railroad. 

Termini  of  Land 

From — 

Central  Pacific — mainline 

Ogden,  Utah 

Central  Pacific — Western  Division 

Kansas  Pacific 

Sacramento,  Cal 

Kansas  City,  Mo 

Sioux  City  and  Pacific 

Sioux  City,  Iowa 

Union  Pacific ...... 

Omaha,  Nebr ......... 1 

Central  Branch — Union  Pacific 

Atchison,  Kans 

See  General  Orders  of  the  War  Department,  Nos.  98  of  1872,  48  of 
laws  and  instructions  regarding  settlement  of  accounts  of  Land  Grant 


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transportation  over  any  portion  of  the  following  named  Railroads,  to  which 
by  the  United  States. 


Grant  Portion. 


Miles 


Remarks. 


To— 


Sacramento,  Cal  - . 
San  Francisco,  Cal 


743  J 
140  1 


Accounts  to  be  prepared  by  the  Q. 
M.  Dept,  at  San  Francisco.  Cal., 
at  the  lowest  tariff  or  special  rates, 
and  forwarded  to  the  quartermas- 
ter General  for  action. 


Denver,  Col 


639 


Accounts  to  be  prepared  by  the  Q.  M. 
Dept,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  for- 
warded as  above,  including  also  the 
accounts  of  the  following  railroads, 
owned  or  leased  and  operated  by 
the  Kansas  Pacific  R.  R. : Arkansas 
Valley  Railway,  Junction  City  and 
Fort  Kearny  Railway,  Denver  and 
“Boulder  Valley  Railway,  Leaven- 
worth Branch,  and  Colorado  Cen- 
tral Railroad. 


Fremont,  Nebr 


Ogden,  Utah 

Waterville,  Kans 


113 


1,033 

100 


Accounts  to  be  prepared  by  the  Q.  M. 
Dept,  at  Chicago,  111.  and  forwarded 
as  above,  including  the  accounts  of 
the  Fremont,  Elkhorn  and  Missouri 
Valley  R.  R.,  leased  by  the  S.  C. 
and  P.  R.  R. 

f Accounts  to  be  prepared  by  the  Q. 
< M.  Dept,  at  Omaha,  Nebr.,  and 
t forwarded  as  above. 


1873,  69  of  1874,  84  of  1874,  107  of  1874,  and  62  of  1875,  publishing 
Railroads  for  military  transportation. 


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